Local authority launches £15m renewables fund

Example given by the fund of potential projects include wind turbines, energy-from-waste and -landfill or biomass combined heat and power systems that use “renewable woodchips”.

John Tatham, Senior Director at GVA Investment Partnerships, which manages the fund, said: “The benefits that the fund can bring to developers and the environment are vast, as is the scope for the funding, which could include anything from district heating technology to wind farms to reduce region’s carbon footprint.”